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Davis Polk Tops Bloomberg, MergerMarket Rankings for First Quarter of 2013
Landing advisory roles on two of the biggest deals of the year's first three months—the $28 billion sale of Heinz and Comcast's $16.7 billion purchase of the remainder of NBCUniversal—helped push Davis Polk & Wardwell to the top of two rankings released Monday of legal advisers based on the total value of their corporate clients' M&A transactions for the quarter. The firm also claimed the top spot on Thomson Reuters's rankings last week.
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The two Am Law 100 firms have landed lead roles on a record-breaking $49 billion bond sale by Verizon Communications, which will use the proceeds to help finance the company's $130 billion acquisition of Verizon Wireless from joint venture partner Vodafone.In Rare Departure, Milbank Partner Leaves Firm to Rejoin Ex-Dewey Colleagues at Weil
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy doesn't lose too many partners to rival firms. But for Paul Wessel, the former head of Milbank's compensation and benefits group, the opportunity to lead a similar practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and rejoin several former colleagues from Dewey Ballantine was too good to pass up.Cravath Helps Pilot Delta Air Lines to Virgin Alliance
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